Myodocha

Myodocha
Myodocha giraffa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Rhyparochromidae
Tribe:	Myodochini
Genus:	Myodocha Latreille, 1807
Synonyms
Chiroleptes Kirby, 1837

Myodocha is a genus of long-necked seed bugs in the family Rhyparochromidae. There are about 10 described species in Myodocha.

Myodocha unispinosa

Species

These 10 species belong to the genus Myodocha:

• Myodocha annulicornis Blatchley, 1926 ^{i c g b} (banded long-necked seed bug)
• Myodocha froeschneri Slater, A., 1998 ^{c g}
• Myodocha fulvosa Barber, H.G., 1954 ^{c g}
• Myodocha giraffa Stal, C., 1862 ^{c g}
• Myodocha intermedia Distant, W.L., 1882 ^{c g}
• Myodocha longicollis Stal, C., 1874 ^{c g}
• Myodocha parcicoma Cervantes, L., 2005 ^{c g}
• Myodocha serripes Olivier, 1811 ^{i c g b} (long-necked seed bug)
• Myodocha unispinopilosa Cervantes, L., 2005 ^{c g}
• Myodocha unispinosa Stal, C., 1874 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Blatchley, W.S. (1926). Heteroptera, or true bugs of eastern North America, with especial reference to the faunas of Indiana and Florida. Nature Publishing. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6871.
• Henry, Thomas J.; Froeschner, Richard C., eds. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill. ISBN 0-916846-44-X.
• Walker, Francis (1871). Catalogue of the Specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the Collection of the British Museum, pt. IV. British Museum. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9254.

External links

• Media related to Myodocha at Wikimedia Commons